← Votes·2022-09-13

A New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 – Sustainable Forest Management in Europe

Vote ID 147343Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓Strong political group division
✓Some national delegation divergence
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+5 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+10 / 10

Group division+12 / 15

Country division+8 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “A New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 – Sustainable Forest Management in Europe”. EPP, S&D, Renew and NI voted mostly in favour, while Greens-EFA, PfE, ECR and ESN voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (417 for, 144 against, 67 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

417

Against

144

Abstain

Margin of victory

273 votes

Turnout (cast)

628

Absent

Participation rate

89.2%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 157Against 2Abstain 2Absent 18

S&D136 MEPs

For 123Against 1Abstain 2Absent 10

Renew100 MEPs

For 83Against 1Abstain 6Absent 10

Greens/EFA72 MEPs

For 1Against 64Abstain 1Absent 6

PfE67 MEPs

For 10Against 29Abstain 18Absent 10

ECR63 MEPs

For 20Against 31Abstain 2Absent 10

NI44 MEPs

For 19Against 8Abstain 9Absent 8

The Left37 MEPs

For 2Against 6Abstain 25Absent 4

ESN4 MEPs

For 0Against 2Abstain 2Absent 0

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany53
Spain47
France35
Italy33
Romania29

Most against

Poland25

Divided delegations

Finland
France
Germany
Poland
Sweden

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 13Against 5Abstain 0Absent 1

Belgium21 MEPs

For 14Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 9Against 1Abstain 1Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 2Absent 0

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 15Against 4Abstain 1Absent 1

Denmark14 MEPs

For 8Against 2Abstain 2Absent 2

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland14 MEPs

For 7Against 6Abstain 1Absent 0

France79 MEPs

For 35Against 31Abstain 9Absent 4

Germany96 MEPs

For 53Against 31Abstain 6Absent 6

Greece21 MEPs

For 11Against 2Abstain 7Absent 1

Hungary21 MEPs

For 17Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Ireland13 MEPs

For 5Against 2Abstain 3Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 33Against 3Abstain 20Absent 20

Latvia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 7Against 2Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Netherlands29 MEPs

For 19Against 8Abstain 1Absent 1

Poland52 MEPs

For 18Against 25Abstain 1Absent 8

Portugal21 MEPs

For 17Against 3Abstain 0Absent 1

Romania33 MEPs

For 29Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Slovakia14 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 5Absent 3

Slovenia8 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain58 MEPs

For 47Against 4Abstain 5Absent 2

Sweden21 MEPs

For 11Against 6Abstain 0Absent 4

Individual MEP positions

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